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The Weavers
The Weavers: American folk quartet (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman) formed 1948 in New York; "Goodnight Irene" topped charts 13 weeks in 1950; blacklisted, disbanded 1953, reunited 1955 and 1980.
The Weekend (Canadian band)
The Weekend is a Canadian pop rock band from London, Ontario, formed in 1995 by Andrea Wasse, Lorien Jones, and Lincoln Cushman; its self-titled 2000 debut and 16-week Campus Radio run distinguish it from the singer the Weeknd.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd is the stage name of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born 1990), Canadian Ethiopian-Canadian singer known for House of Balloons, Starboy, "Blinding Lights," the Grammys boycott, and retiring the alias.
The Weeknd discography
The Weeknd discography: catalog of Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye (the Weeknd), spanning the 2011 mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, six studio albums from Kiss Land (2013) to Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025), and hits like Blinding Lights.
The Weight
The Weight is a 1968 song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson for Music From Big Pink, recorded at A&R Studios with producer John Simon; a No. 63 US single that became a roots-rock standard through covers by Aretha Franklin and its use in Easy Rider.
The Weirdos
The Weirdos are an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1976 by Cliff Roman and the Denney brothers, among the first L.A. punk bands, known for "Destroy All Music" and "We Got the Neutron Bomb," never signing a major label, breaking up in 1981 without an album, and reforming in 1986.
The Well-Tempered Clavier
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das wohltemperierte Klavier) is J.S. Bach's two-book set of 48 preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, Book I of 1722 at Köthen and Book II of the 1740s; first printed in 1801, it is the keyboard teaching canon.
The Wheels on the Bus
The Wheels on the Bus is an American children's song attributed to Verna Hills, published in American Childhood in 1939 (an earlier 1937 poem version exists), sung to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, with verses for wheels, wipers, doors, horn, driver, and passengers.
The Whispers
The Whispers: Los Angeles R&B vocal group formed 1963 by twins Walter and Wallace Scott with Caldwell, Hutson, and Harmon; hits "And the Beat Goes On" (1980) and "Rock Steady" (1987), two platinum and five gold albums.
The White Buffalo (musician)
The White Buffalo is the stage name of Jake Smith, an American singer-songwriter from Oregon known for a deep baritone and songs featured in Sons of Anarchy.
The White Goblin (虹伝説II～THE) (Masayoshi Takanaka album)
The White Goblin (虹伝説II THE WHITE GOBLIN) is Masayoshi Takanaka's 1997 instrumental concept album, sequel to his 1981 Rainbow Goblins; 12 tracks, reissued on SHM-CD in 2014 and first vinyl in 2021.
The White Stripes
The White Stripes, Detroit garage-rock duo of Jack White and Meg White, led the 2000s garage rock revival with Elephant and Seven Nation Army; broke up in 2011, inducted into the Rock Hall in 2025.
The White Stripes (album)
The White Stripes (album): 1999 debut album by the Detroit duo The White Stripes, released June 15, 1999 on Sympathy for the Record Industry; 17 tracks, 43:38, recorded at Ghetto Recorders, produced by Jack White, dedicated to Son House.
The Whitlams
The Whitlams, Australian piano-pop band from Newtown, Sydney, formed 1992 by Tim Freedman, Stevie Plunder, and Andy Lewis; named for Gough Whitlam; known for Eternal Nightcap, No Aphrodisiac, and three 1998 ARIA Awards.
The Who
The Who (also the High Numbers), British rock band formed in London in 1964 by Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle, and Moon; creators of Tommy and Quadrophenia, famous for stage destruction and loud live shows.
The Who by Numbers
The Who by Numbers is The Who's seventh studio album (1975), produced by Glyn Johns, featuring Townshend's confessional songwriting, the hit "Squeeze Box," Entwistle's join-the-dots cover, and a 2026 50th-anniversary Super Deluxe reissue.
The Who discography
The Who discography: catalog of the English rock band The Who, 12 studio albums 1965–2019 plus live albums and compilations. Key albums: My Generation, Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia, Who Are You, Endless Wire, WHO.
The Who Sell Out
The Who Sell Out is The Who's third album, released 15 December 1967 on Track Records, a mock pirate-radio concept album with jingles and parody ads, cover by David King and Roger Law, featuring "I Can See for Miles".
The Who's Tommy
The Who's Tommy is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, based on The Who's 1969 rock opera, which ran on Broadway from 1993 to 1995.
The Whole of the Moon
The Whole of the Moon: 1985 Waterboys single from This Is the Sea, written by Mike Scott on a dare in Manhattan, UK No. 26 in 1985 and No. 3 on 1991 re-release.
The Wiggles
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991 by Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt, and Phillip Wilcher, built on early childhood education principles, with over 30 million albums sold, 15 ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album, and an eight-member current lineup.
The Wild City
Wild City is an Indian music discovery platform and online magazine founded in 2011 by Munbir and Sarah Chawla, now a studio spanning events, consulting, and cultural programming.
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is Bruce Springsteen's second album, recorded with the E Street Band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, and released in 1973 on Columbia; critically praised, commercially weak, home of Rosalita, Sandy, and Kitty's Back.
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are an English hard rock band formed in Newcastle in 1989 by Ginger, fusing metal riffs with pop hooks and punk energy; Earth Vs The Wildhearts (1993) was Kerrang!'s album of the year.
The Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour
The Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour, also called the Willoughby Tucker world tour, is Ethel Cain's fourth concert tour supporting the album Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You and Perverts; it ran August 2025 to September 2026 worldwide.
The Wind (더윈드) (band)
The Wind (더윈드) is a South Korean boy group under With Us Entertainment that debuted May 15, 2023 with Beginning : The Wind Page and ISLAND; fandom WHIZ; first music show win 2024; fourth mini album Second Wind : S#00 in 2026.
The Windmills of Your Mind
The Windmills of Your Mind (Les Moulins de mon cœur) is a 1968 Michel Legrand song with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman for The Thomas Crown Affair, sung by Noel Harrison, Oscar-winning in 1969 and covered over 400 times.
The Winery Dogs
The Winery Dogs are an American hard rock power trio formed in 2013: Richie Kotzen (guitar, vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass), and Mike Portnoy (drums). Albums: The Winery Dogs (2013), Hot Streak (2015), III (2023); also the Dog Years EP (2017).
The Winner Takes It All
ABBA ballad "The Winner Takes It All", written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, sung by Agnetha Fältskog, released July 21, 1980 on Super Trouper; UK number one, one billion Spotify streams, and the showstopper of the Mamma Mia! musical.
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones are an Irish folk and rebel band formed in Dublin in 1963, named for Theobald Wolfe Tone; the trio of Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle, and Tommy Byrne is known for "A Nation Once Again" and "Celtic Symphony" and for farewell tours followed by a 2026 comeback.